Health

Dog owners across Lincolnshire are being urged to take extra precautions when out walking their pets this spring and summer, to help prevent the spread of the deadly disease, Alabama Rot.

Nursing staff at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be joining in the celebration of International Nurses Day on Tuesday, May 12.

The chief executive of the hospital trust which runs Grantham, Boston and Lincoln hospitals has announced she will retire in July.

As another village welcomes the arrival of a life-saving public access defibrillator, deputy editor Marie Bond looks at the importance of boosting their numbers in rural communities.

Almost 150 people had their blood pressure checked at a Rotary Club event in Grantham at the weekend.

A new service to help people stop smoking has been launched in Rutland.

A twin baby boy died during a botched caesarean section at Lincoln County Hospital, which senior management stand accused of trying to cover up.

Hospital bosses came under fire from councillors and patients as they tried to reassure the public that services at Grantham, including A&E, were not going to be ‘hacked away’.

Patients were left waiting for beds at Peterborough City Hospital despite health bosses being warned about an Easter rise in admissions.

Patients are continuing to wait for beds at Peterborough City Hospital after an increasing number of emergency admissions during the Easter break.

A Grantham woman who was permanently disabled by serial killer Beverley Allitt has been told she must pay back £23,500 in benefits.

A Grantham care home took part in National Nutrition and Hydration Week and held a Fruity Friday.

A locum doctor was paid £3,258 for two shifts over the Christmas period to work in a county hospital.

The trust which runs Grantham Hospital has been taken out of special measures.

Rutlanders learned more about proposals to reshape health and care services at a public consultation.

A new region-wide urgent care service will launch next month.

A senior manager in the East Midlands Ambulance Service has said there are no plans to close the Grantham station.

Staff at Grantham Hospital are among those announced as finalists in the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s annual staff awards.

A district nurse who was awarded an OBE for her services to nursing is leaving her role in Bourne after 20 years of working within the community.

The latest details of a plan to invest more than £10m redeveloping Stamford Hospital were revealed at a meeting this week.